Author Laura Powell

Today is the first day of pumpkin week at RMK. I am so excited, I wish you could all hear my cheering. This is one of the weeks that I look forward to most each year! I have some great recipes to share this year. And there is one that I am totally in love... Read More

Back in May, I was invited to the General Mills headquarters for a blogger event. It was a fun event where we got to sample some new products along with some recipes from the Pillsbury Bake-off Contests. Pillsbury is part of the General Mills family and I was lucky enough to attend the 2013 Bake-off... Read More

There is a tasty little bakery called Nothing Bundt Cakes that makes the most amazing bundt cakes. The thing that makes their cakes so divine is they are amazingly moist! They also make smaller versions of their bundt cakes called bundtlets and bundtinis. I decided to make an at home version of their cake for Valentine’s... Read More

Caramel and apples is a combination that screams fall flavor. I love fresh apples dipped in a rich, creamy, chewy carmel coating. Today’s recipe brings those flavors together but in cake form. To make live easy, I used a cake mix for the base of the cake. It get a few extra additions though to... Read More

Just a quick FYI, I will be giving a cooking demo at the Utah Valley Women’s Expo tomorrow Friday Sept 13 at 2 pm. If you happen to be going come stop by. I would love to see you. Also, copies of my new cookbook Warm Your Winter will be available for purchase along with... Read More

If you are looking for a Valentine’s treat that is on the low calorie side, this could be just for you. A boxed angel food cake mix gets a Valentine’s twist with a new red velvet look and a simple whipped cheesecake frosting. The [...]

Tweet Today’s gift from the kitchen is cupcakes. Now these cupcakes are made to look gourmet - chocolate cupcakes dipped in ganache, topped with peppermint frosting, followed by a drizzle of chocolate ganache! The great thing about them though is they are made with a boxed cake mix and canned frosting! The frosting also gets it color and [...]

Today’s recipe is one that I created just for all of you for pumpkin week. It is a deliciously easy pumpkin recipe cupcake topped with a buttercream frosting made using the new Biscoff Spread. Now if you haven’t heard of Biscoff cookies before, you are missing out. My first encounter with a Biscoff cookie was on a... Read More

When making this recipe, I was originally setting out to make some beautiful sparkler cupcakes that I saw on Better Homes and Gardens. You basically take melted chocolate and make squiggles to place on top of the cupcakes. They looked so cool in the photo. Unfortunately, the melted chocolate squiggle part of the recipe was... Read More

Father’s Day will be here before you know it and I have the perfect chocolate cake to make for Dad. My husband is a huge chocolate cake fan and I like to make him a chocolate cake each year for his birthday which falls around Mother’s Day. Last year, I made a chocolate oreo cream... Read More